Somali presidential elections were openly bought with party funds from foreign sources

Evidence

Abdirashid [Sharmarkee] has obtained from his trip, the funds he sought, with the result that bidding for deputies’ votes may go as high as So. Sh. 100,000 each. Acting PM Abdukadir Mohamed Aden “Zoppo” commented to the Ambassador that the SDU [Somali Democratic Union] money obtained by Yusuf Osman Samantar “Berdaad” from the Italian Communist Party will also be used in the campaign against the government. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 908

Categorization

• QUESTION: What was the actual value of 100,000 Somali shillings relative to average MP income and to the national budget in 1966?